Economy

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The Bank for International Settlements fears that the longer-term profitability of the global banking sector could encourage lenders to engage in risk-taking and excessive leverage.

According to S&P Global Ratings, Australian mortgage arrears fell nationwide in November, with arrears in New South Wales and Victoria the lowest they’ve been in two years.

An industry body has urged the Berejiklian government to “embrace progress” and advance its policy agenda to boost housing affordability.

Australia has no affordable housing markets, and Sydney is the second least affordable housing market in the world, a new report analysing 293 housing markets has found.

A major real estate group is confident that the next five years will see Millennials eclipsing the real estate spending power of Baby Boomers, with 66.1 per cent of those born between 1982 ...

According to new data, overall credit card debt has fallen for only the third time in Australian history.

A senior economist has called for state governments to remove “inefficient” stamp duty taxes in order to ease housing affordability issues.

Residential vacancy rates in Sydney have remained stable despite fears of a downturn in the NSW capital’s housing market.

The construction of residential properties in the latter half of 2017 defied expectations of softening activity, with the Housing Institute of Australia predicting that the best is yet to ...